CHAPTER XIV. 
SETTING OUT THE YOUNG FISH. 
The day before the fish are transplanted from the nursery into the 
rearing pond, the water is let into the latter, but not sooner than this. 
The reason for this is, that the water, if allowed to stand longer, 
would produce an over abundance of food, and with it, of course, a 
host of dangerous insects. If the young fish were put in the pond, 
while in this condition, the insects would at once give chase and 
devour them. 
The little food these tiny fish require, during their first days of 
existence, is found in sufficient quantities in the new water. By the 
time their enemies make their appearance, especially those of the 
insect kind, the fish have grown too strong for them, and are very 
well able to look out for themselves. 
In transferring the young from the jar, to the rearing pond, it is 
much better to sink the jar and allow the fish to make their escape at 
will. This precaution enables them to gradually become accustomed 
to the change, thus avoiding a shock by the sudden emptying of the 
jar. 
In this manner the young are ‘‘ planted” in the rearing ponds, 
at the rate of 250 to each pond, of 8xzo feet in size. Here they 
remain until they have acquired their coloring, and have grown 
large enough to be saleable. 
This may be variously from six weeks to four months, according 
to circumstances, and the care expended upon them. 
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